The issue of assigning homework is controversial in terms of its purpose, what to assign, the amount of time needed to complete it, parental involvement, its actual affect on learning and achievement, ...

How do students juggle homework with school and their home life? Kjerstin Hurty, an eighth-grader at Washington Junior High School in Rock Island, said, ``I do my homework right after I get home ...

Kayla Hopper said her son Sam doesn't have enough homework to keep up with his academic hunger, so she supplements his schooling with up to 30 books and documentaries from the public library each week ...

When students in the Hopewell Valley Regional School District return to classes in September, they will notice a definite change in their homework assignments. Following two years of study and a pilot ...

Just seven days after school wrapped for the year, my email inbox lit up with messages from the school principal outlining the summer homework assignments for each of my children’s grades. I ignored ...

If you have ever tried to figure out what a homework assignment is trying to accomplish and why is it taking so many hours, then you’ve taken the first step in wrestling with the homework dilemma.

The value of homework has been the subject of debate over the years. In regards to research, the jury is still out as to whether homework positively impacts a student's academic achievement. In the ...